Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-10-Speech-3-075"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-02-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100210.8.3-075"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-02-10-Speech-3-0762
lpv:speaker	lp:Evgeni Kirilov2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, we should continue to support the EU membership perspective for the countries of the Western Balkans. The whole process supports stability and we should keep up the momentum. As the rapporteur for visa facilitation in the Delegation to the European Union-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee, I think that introducing the visa-free regime in the country was a very important encouragement for its people. The last Commission report points out that FYROM has achieved progress in many areas, and this is commendable. I come from a neighbouring country, Bulgaria, and we, as neighbouring countries, see some worrying trends. In my opinion, the name issue should not come first. Macedonian nation-building started after the Second World War and now a big part of the population identify themselves as Macedonians. However, we have to stick to our values: we cannot tolerate nation-building being confused with nationalistic rhetoric or with gross manipulation of history, going back to ancient times. Secondly, affirming national identity should not lead to xenophobic feelings towards citizens who declare themselves to be of Bulgarian origin. These people are subjected to verbal and physical abuse and even legally persecuted for fabricated reasons."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; REGI (2009-07-16--2011-05-08)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2011-05-08)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; SEDE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Coalition for Bulgaria (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2013-05-28)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Evgeni Kirilov (S&D )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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